DETAILED ACTION
Response to Amendment
Notice to Applicant
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
In the amendment dated 1/5/2026, the following has occurred: Claims 1-3 have been canceled. Claims 4-8 have been amended. Claims 9-11 have been added.
Claims 4-11 are pending.
The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
Claims 4, 6, and 7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Xia et al. CN208062219, English translation provided by the Examiner.
As per claims 4, 6, and 7, Xia et al. discloses in Figs. 1-2 an antenna comprising: an antenna unit, and a phaser (i.e. an electronic component) (Paragraphs 2 and 4, antenna phase shifter therein) connected to the antenna unit, comprising: a cavity (e.g. cavity within cavity body 1) formed between an inner wall and an outer wall (Annotated Fig. 1 below, walls annotated as A and B respectively) spaced apart in a first direction (e.g. horizontal direction); and at least one welding wall (Annotated Fig. 1 below, wall annotated as C) disposed on the outer wall (Annotated Fig. 1 below; The wall annotated as C is disposed on an outer portion of the wall annotated as B.) and extending, along the first direction, from the outer wall (Annotated Fig. 1 below; The wall annotated as C extends in the horizontal direction outwards from the wall annotated as B.) to form a gap (Annotated Fig. 1 below, gap annotated as D), wherein at least one end of the welding wall is connected to and extends from the outer wall (Annotated Fig. 1 below; The wall annotated as C is connected to and extends from the wall annotated as B.), and wherein the welding wall comprises at least one through hole (e.g. wiring grooves 12) corresponding to an operation hole in the outer wall for receiving a cable (e.g. wires 2).
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Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 5 and 8-11 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see pages 5-7, filed 1/5/2026, with respect to the rejection(s) of claim(s) 4-8 under 35 USC 102(a)(1) have been fully considered and are persuasive (Reference of record Lui et al. does not disclose the newly added limitation “the at least one welding wall extending along the first direction, from the outer wall to form a gap”.). Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection is made in view of a newly cited reference Xia et al. CN208062219 under 35 USC 102(a)(1) as explained above. Applicant’s amendments necessitated a new ground of rejection and thus this action has been made final necessitated by amendment.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/RAKESH B PATEL/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2843